2009-2010 Season

Show Title:

 

Playwright:

The Mystery of Irma Vep:
A Penny Dreadful

 

Charles Ludlam

Dates:

 

Venue:

June 2 - June 27, 2010

 

Riffe Center Studio Two Theatre

What's it About?

Lord Edgar Hillcrest returns to his ancestral home, Mandacrest, with a new wife, Lady Enid, after the untimely-and mysterious-death of his first wife, Irma Vep. Lady Enid soon learns life is anything but normal at Mandacrest, where werewolves run wild, a sinister housekeeper spikes the tea, and a creepy caretaker lurks just outside the parlor door. Will Lady Enid find happiness with Lord Edgar? Is Irma Vep really dead? What's inside the mummy case? Geoffrey Nelson and Jonathan Putnam play Enid, Edgar, the housekeeper, the caretaker, werewolves, vampires, mummies, and
more in this laugh-a-minute spoof of gothic thrillers.

CATCO first performed Irma Vep - a cross between Rebecca and Blazing Saddles - to great mirth in 1990. Here it comes... back from the dead!

 

Our Sponsor:

 

Season Support

The Robert Bartels and Edith Doud Unrestricted funds of The Columbus Foundation, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and The Limited Brands Foundation.

 
 
CATCO's 26th anniversary season is dedicated to:
Loann Crane, Barbara Fergus and Tom Katzenmeyer.